Game Services Engineer, Pragma
Co-Dev
$100-150k
+ 0.025% – 0.05% Equity
More information about location
Backend engine for multiplayer & social games
Open for applications
Backend engine for multiplayer & social games
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$100-150k
+ 0.025% – 0.05% Equity
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To support the most ambitious studios in the world by delivering a platform that tackles some of the hardest problems in gaming and social.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re looking to work with top game studios, and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!
- Strong game development expertise: Proven experience in software development, with expertise in backend technologies (e.g., cloud platforms, databases, APIs) and a solid understanding of game client development (e.g., game engines like Unreal Engine or Unity, gameplay programming, UI development)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills: Ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. Exceptional interpersonal skills to build rapport and foster collaborative relationships
- Passion for problem-solving: Proactive and solution-oriented, with a passion for identifying and overcoming challenges. Ability to anticipate client needs and deliver tailored solutions
- Customer-centric approach: Genuine desire to understand and exceed client expectations by providing exceptional support and solutions
- Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and adjust to evolving client needs and project requirements
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Engineer to be a trusted technical advisor and solution architect for our clients
- In this role, you will empower game studios to succeed by leveraging the Pragma Platform and extending its capabilities through custom development
- Acting as an integral part of their development team, you will provide expert guidance, hands-on support, and tailored solutions, with a focus on backend systems and game client development
- Collaborate closely with clients: Develop strong relationships with game development teams, deeply understanding their technical challenges, project goals, and workflows
- Drive successful Pragma integrations: Guide clients through the technical implementation of the Pragma Platform, providing hands-on support, code examples, and best practices
- Design and develop custom solutions: Extend the functionality of the Pragma Platform by architecting and developing bespoke backend systems and, where necessary, frontend components specifically for the game client (e.g., UI, gameplay logic) to meet specific client needs
- Provide proactive solutions: Identify potential roadblocks and proactively offer solutions to optimize client's use of the Pragma Platform and their overall game development process
- Conduct technical workshops and training: Deliver customized training sessions to educate clients on the features and functionalities of the Pragma Platform and any custom solutions developed
- Champion client needs: Advocate for client needs within Pragma by gathering and sharing feedback, contributing to the product roadmap, and driving continuous improvement
- Contribute to knowledge sharing: Document best practices, create technical resources, and contribute to internal knowledge bases to empower both clients and colleagues
Our take
Pragma offers game studios a range of applications that allow them to build, operate, and scale live, social games. Despite only launching in 2020, the platform already boasts an impressive stable of customers including Wonderstorm (The Dragon Prince), and Midnight Society (Co-founded by people behind Halo and Call of Duty).
As the need increases for new games to be multiplayer and cross-platform enabled, it’s clever of Pragma to offer a back end toolkit that can take care of much of this infrastructure development. Essentially, small to midsize studios can focus more on actual game development and vastly reduce launch times.
The people behind the startup are no strangers to the $200 billion gaming industry, which goes some way in explaining its early stage performance and impressive fundraises. CTO Chris Cobb was an Engineering Lead at the hugely successful Riot Games, while CEO Eden Chen founded well known immersive studio Fishermen Labs.
It looks as though Pragma’s plan to target the growing number of smaller breakout studios led by well known creators is a good strategy for the time being at least, as the company looks to gradually expand its range of products.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
33% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2021
$22m
SERIES B
Apr 2021
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $38.2m
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off and paid parental leave.
- Employee ownership
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Home office cost coverage to make your home office epic. Coworking cost coverage for those that can’t work from home.
- Annual retreat to meet together somewhere around the world, all expenses paid.
Company HQ
Los Angeles, CA
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Leadership
Eden Chen
(CEO)Forbes 30 under 30 & TEDx speaker. Prior to Pragma, founded and led Fishermen Labs, a fast-growth immersive studio specializing in AR, VR, Mobile App, and Web Development. Also founded LA-based hedge fund of Lightmark Capital, gaining recognition from Bloomberg as one of the country's top young hedge fund managers.
Chris Cobb
(President & CTO)Decorated Software Engineer who spent three years at PopCap Games, before moving to Riot Games as Lead Engineer, where they worked predominantly on player and community experiences for League of Legends. Co-founded and was CEO of Bot School Inc (acquired by Phoenix Labs, 2019).
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